Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From mati +‎ -nica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mâternit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ter‧ni‧ca

Noun

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mȁternica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏терница)

  1. womb, uterus
    Synonym: ȕtroba

Declension

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References

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  • maternica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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maternica f (related adjective maternicový or materničný)

  1. womb, uterus

Declension

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Further reading

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  • maternica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȃternica f

  1. womb (organ in mammals)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. máternica
gen. sing. máternice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
máternica máternici máternice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
máternice máternic máternic
dative
(dajȃlnik)
máternici máternicama máternicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
máternico máternici máternice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
máternici máternicah máternicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
máternico máternicama máternicami

Further reading

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  • maternica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024